Abstract:
The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) integrates remote sensing and GIS technologies to deliver MODIS hotspot/fire locations to natural resource managers and other stakeholders around the World. FIRMS is funded by NASA and builds on Web Fire Mapper, a web mapping interface that displays hotspots/fires detected by the MODIS Rapid Response System delivering near real-time hotspot/fire information to users to support fire managers around the World.

Description:
FIRMS offers MODIS Collection 5 hotspot/active fire data in a variety of formats for users to download. The active fire data is processed by the MODIS Rapid Response System (MRR), except for the Climate Modeling Grid, which is produced by Louis Giglio.

Originators:
University of Maryland, NASA, Conservation International
Title:
The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)
Provider:
University of Maryland
URL:
http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/